/// <summary>
/// Reinterprets the provided <see cref="bytes"/> to the specified generic array of value types.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TConvertType">The element type to reinterpret to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="bytes">The bytes chunk.</param>
/// <returns>The array of converted values.</returns>
public static TConvertType[] ReinterpretToArray <TConvertType>(this Span <byte> bytes)
where TConvertType : unmanaged
{
//Don't check nullness for perf. Callers shouldn't give us null arrays
if (bytes.Length == 0)
{
return(Array.Empty <TConvertType>());
}
if (bytes.Length % MarshalSizeOf <TConvertType> .SizeOf != 0)
{
ThrowHelpers.ThrowMismatchedArraySizeForElementType <char>();
}
return(ReinterpretPrimitiveArray <TConvertType>(bytes));
}
/// <summary>
/// Reinterprets the provided <see cref="bytes"/> to the specified generic array of value types.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TConvertType">The element type to reinterpret to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="bytes">The bytes chunk.</param>
/// <returns>The array of converted values.</returns>
public static unsafe TConvertType[] ReinterpretToArray <TConvertType>(this byte[] bytes)
where TConvertType : struct
{
//Don't check nullness for perf. Callers shouldn't give us null arrays
if (bytes.Length == 0)
{
return(new TConvertType[0]);
}
if (!TypeIntrospector <TConvertType> .IsPrimitive)
{
ThrowHelpers.ThrowOnlyPrimitivesException <TConvertType>();
}
if (bytes.Length % MarshalSizeOf <TConvertType> .SizeOf != 0)
{
ThrowHelpers.ThrowMismatchedArraySizeForElementType <char>();
}
return(ReinterpretPrimitiveArray <TConvertType>(bytes));
}